[Urban Fantasy|Chinese Folk Horror|Government Recruitment|Lighthearted Comedy|Satisfying Contrast|System Compendium]
Shen Yizhou is a third-year student majoring in Funeral Management at a second-tier university. He is extremely money-minded and miserly. To save up enough to renovate his ancestral shrine back home and install air conditioning, he sets up a night-market stall selling paper effigies. Who could have expected that a serial killer with a huge bounty on his head would flee right there? To protect his stall and claim the reward, Shen Yizhou casually dots the eyes of a half-finished paper effigy of Guan Yu, then chops the killer unconscious with a single stroke, knocking over a whole pot of tea eggs in the process. The agents from Bureau 749, who have just arrived, witness the whole scene.
“How much is the reward for beating him? Does this count as an on-the-job injury?” Faced with the government’s invitation to join as a special recruit, Shen Yizhou’s calculations are already ringing loud and clear. From then on, Bureau 749 gains an unofficial ace who seems meek and compliant on the surface, but is outrageously powerful in a fight. As long as the money is right, or he earns enough merit, he can carve, paste, and craft paper effigies of the Black and White Impermanence, Nezha, or even a Gatling-wielding Bodhisattva. The supernatural is descending? Evil spirits are wreaking havoc? Don’t panic. First, let me see whether your bounty is enough for me to make a Bodhisattva of the right tier!
Emmm, this plot is so confusing